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A. TAPLIN. WIGK RAISER FOR LAMPS.

No. 415,400. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALVIN 'IAPIJIN, OF FORESTVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGYOR TO THE BRISTOL BRASS AND CLOCK COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WICK-RAIS ER FOR LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,400, dated November 19, 1889.

Application filed July 9, 1889. Serial No. 316,986. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: provided upon its upper side and centrally Be it known that I, ALVIN TAPLIN, of Forwith an annularly-extending neck 0. In placestville, in the county of Bristol and State of ing the petticoat F and the outer wall D of the Connecticut, have invented a certain new and wick-tube in position on the lamp the annular 5 useful Improvement in .Wick Raisers for flange I) extends within the annular neck 0, 55 Lamps, of which the following is a specificaand the head I) rests upon the upper edge of on. the neck 0. The annularly-extending flange I) My improvement is applicable to centralis provided with a vertically-extending slot draft lamps in which a cylindric wick is used; b which is open at its lower end. The shoul- IO and it consists in novel means for securing the der b is provided with an inwardly-extendraising and lowering of the wick in suchlamps, ing notch 11 which notch forms a continuawhich will behereinafter more fullydescribed, tion of the slot b When the flange I) has and then pointed out in claim. been placed within the neck 0, as described, In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is the neck conceals the slot b from View, and I 5 a central vertical section of portions of a cenonly the portion thereof which extends 6: tral-draft lamp embodying myimprovement. through the bead b and the notch b can be Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same. Fig. seen.

3 is a detail on an enlarged scale illustrating G designates a wick-holder, here shown as my improvements, portions being broken consisting of ametallic band extending about away to save space and to disclose parts the wick. 7 which would be otherwise concealed. H designates a wick-raiser, consisting of 21 Similar letters of reference designate correvertically-extending rod secured near its end sponding parts in all the figures. to the wick-holder G. IVhen the parts are in A designates areservoir or fount, which the position as shown more clearly in Fig. 1, 2 5 may be made of metal, and is provided with the wick-raiser II extends through the notch the usual standard. (Not shown.) 12* in the shoulder 12 upon the petticoat and B designates the inner wall of the wickmay be moved freely up and down therein tube, the interior of which forms the central to raise and lower the wick. I have shown draft-flue. the portion of the wick-raiser about said shoul- 3 C designates a tube arranged centrally in der as offset to facilitate its being grasped the tube B, and upon which a perforated by hand. spreader of ordinary construction, but not When the petticoat is being placed upon shown, is to be placed. The tube B is secured the fount, it is passed downwardly about the in the bottom of the reservoir in the usual wick-raiser H, the slot b and the flange 1) ad- 5 manner. mitting of this, as the wick-raiser will pass D designates the outer wall of the wickthrough said slot and into the notch If. The tube. VVhenin position, it only extends for petticoat and the outer wall of the wick-tube a short distance into the interior of the fount may be readily removed by lifting them up. A. It is secured to a rim a, extendinginwardly By my construction I am enabled to mate- 40 from the petticoat of the burner. A wick E rially increase the diameter of the opening extends, as usual, between the walls D B. in the reservoir in which the flange b sits, F designates the petticoat of the burner, so that the reservoir may be more readily perforated, as usual, throughout a portion of filled with oil or be reached for cleaning withits length. Near its lower extremity said petout unnecessarily increasing the diameter of 45 ticoat is provided with an outwardly-extendthe perforated portion of the petticoat acting ing circumferential shoulder b. Extending as an air-distributer. Also, by providing the downwardly from the outer edge of the shoulflange I) with a vertically-extending slot and derl is an annular flange b. At the upper edge the shoulder b with a notch Z), forming a con of the flange b, or where it joins the shoulder tinuation of the slot, the petticoat F, together 50 b, I have shown ahead D The reservoir A is with its superposed parts, may be lifted off IOO from the top of the reservoir without interfering with the wick raiser, notwithstanding the fact that the wick-raiser is curved or offset to facilitate its being grasped by hand. Furthermore, by this construction the petticoat, due-to the larger diameter of the flange Z) and of the neck a, is more firmly seated than it would be if the shoulder b were not employed and the petticoat were made of the same diameter throughout. As said notch and slot are below the perforated portion of the petticoat, I avoid any enlarged opening in said perforated portion for the passage of the Wickraiser through it, which opening would interfere with the draft.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a lamp, the combination, with a reservoir provided with an opening and a vertically-extending neck about said opening,'of

ent thereof, and a wick-raiser extending through said notch in the shoulder, all substantially as and for the purpose specified. ALVIN TAPLIN. Witnesses:

LULU K. BEACH, ISAAC M. BEACH. 

